Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-26


thousand dollars lost in thegreat lard
deal of June, 1888, has been decided
in favor of the defendant. The case
will probably be appealed.
THE Wisconsin Telephone Company
will give $50 for information that will
convict any one of tampering with
their lines. Boys shoot off the in
sulators and often break the wires.
CHARLES STEINHOFF and @. Broco
charged with assault and intent to
murder Henry Levy, q lawyer OF Eau
Claire, have been remanded, IN default
of $500 bail to await the action of the
grand jury.
OLE HICKMAN, young man living in
the Second Ward, Madison, attempted
suicide while walking along the street
with q companion, by drawing the
blade of pocket knife across his
throat. The blade struck the lower
jaw-bone, making fearful cash. He
was supposed to be laboring in fit
Of temporary dementia.
VIM. B. SELLEoK, once q wealthy
resident of Door County, died in one
of the insane hospitals of the state
where his friends were obliged to place
him several years ago. The loss of
| fortune, which was estimated at $780,
900 is said to have unsettled his
mind.
| ANTON ANDERSON, a Swede, was in
stantly killed in Bears logging camp,
on the Little Wolf River, by the break
ing away of q skid Of logs, his head
being crushed to a Jelly. The deceased
was % years of age.
MRS. JOHN HIM, who lived on her
sons farm near Cascade, in the town of
Sherman, was fatally burned, her
clothing taking fire at the open door
of the stove.
SIXTEEN cars were ditched on the st.
Paul road, near Cross Plains, on
the Goth, and Western trains were
considerably delayed.
MEssRs. JOSEPH A. AMEs, G. A Avery
and Mr.. Lobb have purchased the
Stephenson mine at Norway, Mich,
on the Menomonee range. One hun
dred thousand dollars was the price
paid. Hugh Ryan and other Milwau-
kee men are also interested in the pur-
chase.
WILLIAM JOHNSON, a farmer liv-
ing near Chimney Rock. twenty miles
southeast of Eau Claire, fell from his
| sleigh while driving home alone in the
night. Next morning he was found
frozen stiff in the road. Life was ex-
tinct. 1t is supposed that he was in
toxicated, as he had been drinking be-
| fore he started home. He leaves a
wife and family.
A soUTH-BOUND passenger train on
the Chicago, Burlington & Northern
Railroad encountered broken rail
near Prescott Station, North Chippe-
wa River, and all the coaches were
thrown off the track. 1t took all day
to clear the wreck. 1t reported that
only one passenger was seriously hurt,
an elderly lady, name unknown.
MARINUs FAIRCHILD fell on the ice at
Salem, n. Y, on the Goth, and died of
conclusion of the brain. He was one
of the ablest lawyers in Eastern New
York, and was q cousin of ex-Gov.
Fairchild, of Wisconsin.
MRS. BIDDLECOMB, of Fairchild, who
swallowed q plate of false teeth few
days ago, has gone to Chicago to un-
dergo 81 surgical operation.
FRANKLIN NYE, father of the we'll
known humorist, Bill Nye, died of con-
gestion Of the lungs at his home in
River Falls, aged SO years.
MRS. ANNA SCHLrTz, widow of Joseph
schlitz, the founder of the Schlitz
Brewing Company, died on the Doth at
l o'clock, at her residence on Eleventh
Street, Milwaukee. She was So years
of age.
JOHN G. SMITH, one of the Oldest set
tiers of Milwaukee, died on the 18th, at
the age OF 85. He had been slowly fail
ing for some time.
FIRE on the evening of the 10th in
the fur store of Samuel Hecht & Co.,
Milwaukee, caused a loss of $2O,OOO.
AN unknown man, g. passenger on q
Milwaukee & Northern train, was run
over and killed at the foot of Thirty
second Street, Milwaukee, on the 10th
inst. }
The board of regents of the State
University, in session at Madison, re-
solved to ask for an appropriation of
100000 to complete and equip Sci
ence Hall.
ADoLPH BTTTLEKAUF, g. carpenter,
about 80 years of age, committed sui
eide at Milwaukee, on the 18th, by
shooting himself through the abdo-
men. Dependency is given as the
cause.
CAPT. JOHN W. HASKELL, q river
pilot, was arrested and held for trial
at La Crosse, on charge of criminal
assault upon his wife's cousin, Miss
Hattie Dolphin. Bail was fixed at
$500.
G. p. CROSBY, of North La Crosse,
states that OF 100000 feet of logs
contracted for by him, more than
100000 feet have already been cut
and put into the river. Other North
Side lumbermen confirm this, and say
that logging matters are far ahead of
any previous year.
THE State Historical Society muse
uIn, at Madison, has been enriched by
the gift of an old engraving lathe,
from Mrs. j. A. Slider and Mrs. E.
Rietbrock, of Milwaukee. This lathe,
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